Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Cockchafer'' after the insect, the cockchafer: * , of five guns, was formerly the United States

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

''Spencer'', that the Royal Navy captured and employed as a ship's tender. She captured two American armed

brig A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the ...

s, one in a

single-ship action A single-ship action is a naval engagement fought between two warships of opposing sides, excluding submarine engagements; called so because there is a single ship on each side. The following is a list of notable single-ship actions. Single-shi ...

. The Royal Navy sold her in 1815. * was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1872. * was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1881 and sold in 1905. * was an gunboat launched in 1915, hulked in 1947 and sold in 1949.

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